Adam Yauch, Beastie Boys’ ‘MCA,’ Dies at 47

Adam Yauch, the gruff-voiced, Brooklyn-born rapper best known as MCA of the Beastie Boys, has died, according to reports. He was 47 years old.

He’d been battling cancer since 2009, and since then had largely stayed out of the spotlight. He was absent last month when his fellow Beastie Boys, Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond, accepted the group’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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